And for every seller, there is a buyer. Who is to say focus on the seller, instead of the buyer?

Are we expected to see this as "Buffett selling, he's the smart one?"

Buffett is not a day trader, trying to pick highs and lows, ups and downs.

The question is: where are they putting their money now? Considering that Buffett is a little better at investing than most, I'm less interested in where his money was than where it's going to be.

On the topic itself, assuming this to be true, it doesn't necessarily point to a market correction so much as it does to a fall in consumer sentiment, which will hurt those companies that are most dependent on consumer spending. I wonder if grocery stores are being dumped as well, since grocery stores tend to sell must-have staples for which buying is relatively constant.

The question is: where are they putting their money now? Considering that Buffett is a little better at investing than most, I'm less interested in where his money was than where it's going to be.

On the topic itself, assuming this to be true, it doesn't necessarily point to a market correction so much as it does to a fall in consumer sentiment, which will hurt those companies that are most dependent on consumer spending. I wonder if grocery stores are being dumped as well, since grocery stores tend to sell must-have staples for which buying is relatively constant.

Is Buffett really better or do the media focus on his wins and not his losses AND when you've go billions, what's a couple hundred million tossed to the dogs?

If the Fed stops printing money, interest rates will have to go up. If interest rates go up, yields on stocks and bonds will also rise. If yields go up, valuation goes down. The trouble is, there really is nowhere to run, unless you short the market. Higher interest rates will affect virtually every market in existence since higher borrowing costs translate into less spending power at every level.

The Kondratiev wave cycles are being accelerated by advances in technology, so the cycles of booms and busts are becoming increasingly volatile and even erratic, with shortened spans between the peaks and valleys.

The fact that they cycles are being shortened, makes them more dependent on consumer spending habits. People like Buffet apparently know this and are being proactive to protect their holdings.

The next cycle is due in 2015 (not an exact date), but that's the start of the upswing, which means that the descent into the "valley" (or as Kondratiev put it, the economic winter) is just about due.

P.S. Economists are predicting that the next Kondratiev wave will revolve around health care (NOT green energy), which may shed a light on the government's urgency to "reform" that industry.

The Kondratiev wave cycles are being accelerated by advances in technology, so the cycles of booms and busts are becoming increasingly volatile and even erratic, with shortened spans between the peaks and valleys.

The fact that they cycles are being shortened, makes them more dependent on consumer spending habits. People like Buffet apparently know this and are being proactive to protect their holdings.

The next cycle is due in 2015 (not an exact date), but that's the start of the upswing, which means that the descent into the "valley" (or as Kondratiev put it, the economic winter) is just about due.

P.S. Economists are predicting that the next Kondratiev wave will revolve around health care (NOT green energy), which may shed a light on the government's urgency to "reform" that industry.

That "reform" doesn't seem to be capable of doing anything other than wrecking the health care industry.

"A deficit is what you've got when you haven't got as much as if you just had nothing. If we tried any of this, we'd end up in jail, but the government gets rid of its debts by nationalizing them. That's like the alcoholic who solved his problem by pouring the booze in all of his bottles into one big container. Himself." (Charlie Farquharson, edited for spelling)